Acquiring Things Quotes

If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to maintaining that sort of a world, because family involves values like affection, and sympathy, and passion, and types of pleasure that lead nowhere in a material sense.

How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those things possessing her?

I think there is a serious corruption in the idea sold through advertising that you can attain spiritual peace through lifestyle and the notion of building your happiness from the outside-in by acquiring things . . . which if you think about it, is the essence of advertising

Do not be caught up in materialism, one of the real plagues of our generation-that is, acquiring things, fast-paced living, and securing career success.

Success isn't about acquiring things, it's about discovering your life purpose and following the call

You spend a good part of your adult life acquiring things: building a home, filling it with objects that please your eye and make you feel comfortable. Then you spend the last part of your life trying to figure out how to get rid of it all.

There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring.

At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.

Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.